25 June 1960(1960-06-25) (aged 39) Near the Balearic Islands
Allegiance
Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) German Air Force (Bundeswehr)
Rank
Oberfeldwebel (Wehrmacht) Major (Bundeswehr)
Unit
JG 51, Jafü 6 Jafü Ostpreußen
Battles/wars
World War II
Eastern Front
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Kurt Tanzer (1 November 1920 – 25 June 1960) was a World War II Luftwaffe military aviator. As a flying ace, he is credited with approximately 128–143 aerial victories.[1] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He later joined the German Air Force and was killed in a flying accident on 25 June 1960.
KurtTanzer (1 November 1920 – 25 June 1960) was a World War II Luftwaffe military aviator. As a flying ace, he is credited with approximately 128–143...
American attorney Johann Tanzer, Canadian sailboat designer Katharina Tanzer (born 1995) is an Austrian judoka KurtTanzer (1920 – 1960), World War II...
JG 26 (Schlageter) from 1937 to 1945] (in German). Heidelberg, Germany: Kurt Vowinckel Verlag. 1956. ISBN 978-3-87943-712-2. Flight training in the Luftwaffe...
claims, plus six further unconfirmed claims. KurtTanzer, listed with at least 35 aerial victories. Kurt Ubben, listed with 93 aerial victory claims,...
Focke-Wulf production site at Bad Eilsen, where he was met by Professor Kurt Tank. The mayor of Vienna, Dipl.-Ing. Hanns Blaschke awarded Nowotny the...
und Schwertern) that day. On 10 March, command of JG 2 was passed to Major Kurt Ubben. Recent research by historian Norman Fortier suggests that Mayer was...
Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben (18 November 1911 – 27 April 1944) was a German Luftwaffe wing commander and military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace listed...
Eastern Front. Command of II. Gruppe of JG 2 was handed over to Hauptmann Kurt Bühligen. When on 30 July Hauptmann Heinrich Jung, the commander of II. Gruppe...
Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross. At the Führerhauptquartier they joined Kurt Bühligen, Horst Ademeit, Reinhard Seiler, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Dr. Maximilian...
(152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) Albin Wolf (144) KurtTanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak (140)? Karl Gratz...
supplement meagre meat rations. Soon Galland rediscovered his love of flying. Kurt Tank, the designer of the Fw 190, requested that he go to his home in Minden...
(152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) Albin Wolf (144) KurtTanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak (140)? Karl Gratz...
(152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) Albin Wolf (144) KurtTanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak (140)? Karl Gratz...
(152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) Albin Wolf (144) KurtTanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak (140)? Karl Gratz...
(152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) Albin Wolf (144) KurtTanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak (140)? Karl Gratz...
(152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) Albin Wolf (144) KurtTanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak (140)? Karl Gratz...
the Swords to his Knight's Cross, and Johannes Wiese. Also present were Kurt Bühligen, Horst Ademeit, Reinhard Seiler, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Dr. Maximilian...
(152) Gordon Gollob (150) 100–149 Fritz Tegtmeier (146) Albin Wolf (144) KurtTanzer (143) Friedrich-Karl Müller (140) Friedrich Wachowiak (140)? Karl Gratz...
Global Information
Nazi Germany (to 1945)
West Germany
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
German Air Force (Bundeswehr)